"Kia- Kia beta- get up! Today the groom's family is coming to see you..."

Kia rolls again on her bed, covering more herself on the duvet.
"Mm-" she makes a responding sound while sleeping.

"What happened? Aren't you get up yet?" Maya again shouts from corridor while arranging the household accessories.

"Five minutes more."

"Again, five minutes-" Maya huffs and comes inside Kia's room. Standing at the edge of bed, she tries to pull the duvet.

"Nnooo- I will get up by myself."

"Kia! Don't do drama now. Groom's family will come at 9 a.m and look now it's sharp 8o' clock." She forcefully pulls her duvet and folding it, keep aside on the bed.

"What groom? I won't marry him." She fusses up, kneeling on the bed. Her messy wavy hair partially covers her face and those sleepy eyes still remain closed.

"No drama Kia. Get ready." Maya glares by enlarging her eyes. "This boy is good."

"Maaaaa-"

"You will wear that pink saree, present there in the wardrobe, I have ironed that." Maya walks outside, her voice keeps fainting due to distance. "And wear those silver jewelleries, not oxidised one."

"I won't! I won't! I won't! Aaaaaa-" Kia screams. But all ignors her.

"Don't shout Kia. People lives in our neighborhood." Maya shouts from downstairs.

Kia making face comes down from the bed. Brushing, cleaning, bathing she goes downstairs. She with side eye glance the clock, "thankfully 8:45", she sits on the couch, almost jump.

"Kia- slowly sit. Don't spoil my saree. This saree I am saving even before my marriage."

"Do you also wore this when father came to see you?"

"No! Eat the breakfast fast. Maya holds her the food plate.

"Not bread, Maa- won't the groom is coming today? Atleast treat me good."

"This is the twenty second boy, Kia" Devesh Rajput now picks up his eyes from newspaper. At a distance, he has been sitting like all other morning. "And you definitely not going to pick this boy."

"I didn't say that, but I know he won't able to fulfill my list." She huffs and gulps the whole bread inside her mouth. Resulting chocking and starts coughing.

"Kia- Kia-" Maya comes running from kitchen. Devesh too comes with a glass of water.

"Eat slowly." Devesh says.

"I won't. I will kill myself by eating this bread, but please, stop this boy from coming here to see me. He isn't the right." She nags.

"Kia- again?" Maya rolls her eyes.

"Please-" Kia has puppy face.

"No-"

"Please please please please please.." she continues nagging.

"Maa- Papa- if Kia doesn't want then let her, why keeping her marriage so urgent?" Elina enters into the house. Her hands full with some bags full of books. Looking at her both Devesh and Maya hurriedly takes her bag, make her seat. All are still too worried about her. Though it many months has passed, she is almost recovered from her depression, nowadays she has started doing studies, still.

"Yes- didi is right-" she gives her puppy glare to Elina also.

"Elina beta- she isn't so simple girl!" Maya speaks taking seat beside her.

"What do you mean Maa?" She huffs and fakes anger. "I am complex!"

"Absolutely!" Devesh rolls his eyes and again get back his eyes into the newspaper.

"It's not that she don't wants to marry, then it would be okay. If she don't then there we aren't anyone to force. But listen to her, she wants to marry, definitely and wants such a groom who would fulfil her listed criteria."

"And what such criteria? That nonsense one?" Elina laughs. "Oye Kia, do you even remember what characteristics you want?"

"Off course! Sun may disappear, ocean may dries out, but this Kia won't forget her vow." She straight stands up, lifting her both hands she continues making a deep voice, "The man should be handsome, powerful, both by position and physical, who will save me like hero at every problem, would fight for me, should be calm, charming, romantic, a bit shy with coy smile, but need to be flirty some time. Should be artistic, would paint me, sketch me, sculpt me, even loke poet should impress me, making me immortal through his pen. Would be intelligent enough to take me explore to unknown listen whom I won't never be bire. Should be popular with whom I too be blessed to fall for and then the man being loyal will stare at me, always."

Bang-

Hitted by her hands the showpiece from the adjoining shelf falls down straight shot on her forehead.

"Ouch!" She exclaims. Rubbing her head she gets back on couch again.

"Very nice. All nonsense." Elina comments. "Maa- tell me, a boy shy and flirty- again powerful!"

"She is all mad, Elina! Don't listen to her. No such people exist in this world. The enlisted criteria could be fulfil maybe assembling four five together that too from out of reach men- actor, author! Stupid girl."

"Haww! Let be four-five, assemble them atleast together." Kia screams with her that nagging tone.

"What you will do if we could assemble?" Elina asks.

"Then I will marry all!" She curves her lips, rolls her eyes and tease Elina.

"Shut up stupid!" Elina scolds.

"This girl is-" Maya too joins.

At this moment the mobile of Devesh rings. "Groom's father!" He notifies and walks on the verandah to pick and talk in silence.

"Please cancel!" She murmurs first, then suddenly like remembering something she widens her eyes. "He isn't the groom. Stop calling that boy as groom- groom. I won't marry him, he is just like a broom." She shouts.

"Shut up Kia- behave!" Maya presses her mouth to stop her noise. "Your papa is in call."

If Elina would instead of Maya, Kia definitely bite her finger, but she can't do same to mother what she does with sister. She forcibly stays calm.

Devesh till now has completes his chat. He comes back. Looking at him, both Maya and Elina eagerly stare at him.

"What?" Maya asks in tension.

"Nothing to worry about!" Devesh gives a soft assurance. "They were coming to us, but on the midway, their car got some issue like petrol leaking like- I don't understand that properly- so-"

"Papa, then cancel or postponed?" Kia interrupts.

"Nothing Kia-" Kia's face bend down again. Devesh continues. "They are asking if we can meet them on 'Way-to-go' Cafè."

"What do you say?" Maya with more concern asks.

"Off course I said yes. This I thought obvious. Cafè is not too far also." Devesh replies.

"Yeah, good!" Maya nods.

"Cafè is not too near also-" Kia again rolls her eyes.

"You won't drive. Driver will drive, and you will remain seat in the air conditioning on the car. So-"

"I got it! Okay!" Kia huffs and put on the sneakers.

"Sneakers with saree!" Maya utters, but Kia remain tieing the shoe lace.

"I will look cool Maa-" Kia winks.

Maya can't able to control her. Looking at Kia's face, she laughs, "Oh my pretty girl! Let she get her husband asap."

"Yes please-" Kia screams. "My perfect match."

Everyone rushes inside the car. Driver Riwan to engines the car in hurry and drives in rush.

"Way-to-go cafè is atleast one hour distance. How can we?" Kia mumbles.

"Kia, we all will, they aren't interview body, they will wait. It's an uncertain." Maya scolds her.

"Oh! I thought interview team. Will take interview of mine." Kia rolls her eyes.

"Oh! I thought you will take the interview, the way you did before", Elina mocks. Kia too taking out her tongue teases.

"Kia beta!" Now Devesh turning from front seat places his palm on Kia's head. "We are going to see him, his family. If you don't like him, we will not let you marry there."

Kia cheekily giggles.

"Your pampering make this girl spoil." Maya comments and persues a fake anger.

All were going to tease Maya, suddenly they notice a coming vehicle from front. A huge vehicle, quite similar to truck, but oddly painted with galaxy-stars print.

"Riwan—" All tries to instruct him, before it comes utmost front- and Kia sees all black after.

...

...

K...i.....a........

Kiiia...

KIA

Like bursting out from the ocean, her conscious pops up. All familiar voices of hers, rubbing her hand around, she finds the soft surfaces on which she is lying.

"Get up, or I will definitely sprinkle water." Elina's voice come.

Kia immediately opens her eyes. She is all fine, she declares to herself after exhibiting her body. Around, it's her home only. "Maa is shouting from kitchen, Papa is reading newspaper, Elina with the piles of book", she murmurs to herself. "But, what with that colorful truck? And car?"

"Papa- weren't we going to see the boy?" She confusingly asks to Devesh.

"What boy?" Devesh too surprise.

"Kia- what you ate last night. At this morning you are talking about boy?" Maya laughs.

Kia turns more surprise.

"That boy, on way-to-go cofè"

"That you rejected na?" Devesh confuses. "Or you? I can talk to them. He liked you."

"N-no not necessary." Kia agitates her hand. Getting up she heads towards washroom and wash her face. Touching her face, looking into the mirror everything she feels same. Even after pinching few times, she feels pain and leaves a red mark on her skin, and finally apply a bit dettol and let it to give some burning sensation to heal.

"I think I should go to office now. Everything is same I think." She decides and coming back into dining she shouts. "Maa, I will going to office."

"I know" Maya replies from kitchen. "Take bath, dress and come then. I won't able to say this everyday."

Kia huffs. Everyone's behaviour is same. "Maybe that was an intense dream, Kia", she mumbles to herself. Then getting a proper ready, half an hour in shower, half an hour by opening wardrobe and choosing dress, then looking at the clock, finding time shortage, anyhow comb her hair, leaving few hairs tangle, eye-lines asymmetrical- one winged high another low, lipstick outside her lips, still shrugging her shoulder, taking her bag, she walks down.

"Bread—" he huffs. Looking at Maya's enlarged eyes, she pushes whole bread into her mouth, chocks, coughs, chugging the whole glass of water she finally ready to go. Walking into the lawn, to wait for the car to come out from garage by driver Riwan. Suddenly she see their neighbour Mr. Agarwal coming with his lover, whom he used to meet at market square hiding from his wife. His this behaviour always disgust to Kia, but today that woman is wearing red bangles, even sindur (vermilion) on forehead.

"That means this bi*ch married to Mr. Agarwal!" Kia surprise. "But what happen to his wife Rohini bhabhi? Divorce?" Her heart feels a pain, very bad for that lady.

"Papa-papaa—" she calls. Devesh too comes outside hearing his daughter's tensed voice.

"What happened beta?"

"What the hell happened to Mr. Agarwal? He married that woman? And Rohini bhabhi, divorced?" Kia speaks in one go.

Devesh curves his eyes.

"No, Rohini is there and what new to this, he married this girl almost a month has passed. They invited us, we wasn't able to attend that different thing, but—" Devesh replies.

Kia get another surprise. "Two wives of a man!" She mumbles. Then her eyes lifts upto their neighbour's balcony, Rohini and that woman together sitting on the chair drinking coffee and gossiping.

Kia pats her head. Her head is spinning. "Something obviously happened." She mumbles again and ride on the car.

Throughout the way, it seems different. Not the roads, vehicles or the buildings, but the people. Two mam with with a woman, three woman with a man- but yes, lovingly. They aren't fighting or crying actually.

"Love is mad-" Kia smiles to herself. "So as this world." Before from Elina, she hears about the multiverse, different universe, same people, different or same action, but yes, different incidents. She once feel tensed for her that mother, father, sister, but then recalling here, she realises, there's no difference actually. "Life is magic. Maybe some magic waiting here for me too."

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Important

As many of you readers are well known about the concept of multiverse (Marvel😁) Yeah. Here, too I have choosen to use such. So.. the one you all know, great😉
Still, for everyone (mostly who don't know) I am explaining it😊
Multiverse means the several universe, like ours. In the another universes, similar to us people lives, they may do different task, with different talents, but all exist, dead or alive. The people same but action different by their choices. May the same landscape of earth, structures to be same also.

So that's all required!
It's just for knowledge. Nothing most eminent, as it's not science fiction 🌜